{"id":809,"date":"2015-09-15T18:37:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T01:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2015-10-11T17:33:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T00:33:15","slug":"mindfulness-in-plain-english-by-bhante-henepola-gunaratana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book number one in my Summer Reading Challenge<\/a> was Mindfulness in Plain English<\/a><\/em> by \"Mindfulness<\/a>Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, a book recommended by a friend.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year I started practicing mindfulness meditation. I was telling my friend Sue about it and was pleasantly surprised to find out that she had started meditating as well. I use an app called Headspace<\/a> which is a series of guided meditations designed to teach you about the practice. Sue takes a class and also started reading a book which she recommended to me, Mindfulness in Plain English<\/em> by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana.<\/p>\n

It turns out that this book is exactly what I had been looking for. With chapters like \u201cMeditation: Why Bother?\u201d and \u201cStructuring Your Meditation\u201d and \u201cMeditation in Everyday Life\u201d Gunaratana clearly explains the principals of meditation, the benefits and how it is done. It\u2019s a great resource\u00a0for someone who is just starting out their practice.<\/p>\n

I started out reading this\u00a0in big chunks like I would with any book. While I did enjoy the book, I found that reading too much of it at a time was overwhelming. Therefore I took Sue\u2019s suggestion which was to read just small sections every day. It took a few months to get through this way but it worked out better for me. I was able to get more out of the book and incorporate Gunaratana\u2019s guidance and many suggestions.<\/p>\n

Mindfulness meditation is in fact a Buddhist practice. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a Buddhist monk who was ordained at the age of 12. While he does get somewhat into the spiritual aspects of the practice, I did not find him preachy.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in learning more about mindfulness meditation or would like to develop and existing practice I highly recommend this book. It is currently back on my shelf but I plan to go back to it again and again. Because of this I give this book a Shrimp Coma Mrs. B.<\/p>\n

\"Mrs.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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